Lauren Laverne's Spacepod 2012 podcast: episode 1

Lauren's studio guest at the Edinburgh festival is veteran Comedy Store Player Neil Mullarkey, who reveals how improv can improve your life, while Jon Holmes explores the set for a Polish version of the Scottish play – 2008: Macbeth

As part of the Guardian's partnership with The Space, we bring you the first in a series of podcasts from BBC 6 Music broadcaster Lauren Laverne.

This six-part series of podcasts focuses on the arts, culture and entertainment and capturing a rich summer of events around London's 2012 Festival and the Cultural Olympiad for The Space.

In the first edition, as the Edinburgh International Festival gets into full swing, Lauren is joined by Jon Holmes from BBC Radio 4′s The Now Show, who takes a sideways look at the creation of a human artwork illuminating Arthur's Seat and explores the vast set near Edinburgh airport which is home to TR Warszawa's Polish production of the Scottish play, 2008: Macbeth.

Lauren's studio guest is veteran Comedy Store Player Neil Mullarkey, who reveals how improv can improve your life, while BBC Asian Network's Tommy Sandhu looks in on how Stephen Fry is combining sport and the arts for the London stage.

'I have one of those faces you can have a bit of a lark with.' Photograph: Dave M. Benett/Getty Images